Category Archives: Local
Appleton school district seeks public input on boundary changes for 2025-2026 school year
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Appleton Area School District is looking for public feedback on attendance boundary changes. Earlier this week, the school board approved the repurposing of the Columbu...
Jan 17, 2025 Columbus Elementary School in Appleton is seen Dec. 10, 2024.
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Both sides in Northeast Wisconsin prepare for Trump's upcoming inauguration
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Among the hundreds of thousands of people expected at Monday's inauguration in Washington D.C. will be hundreds of people from Northeast Wisconsin. Meanwhile, there are others from our ...
Jan 17, 2025 Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Green Bay, April 2, 2024.
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Man pleads not guilty after more charges he stole from vehicles
CHILTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man who allegedly stole from multiple vehicles in Calumet County pleaded not guilty Friday, days after prosecutors added more charges. Tristan Backus now faces 19 charges,...
Jan 17, 2025 Tristan Backus. (Calumet Co. Sheriff's photo)
UW-Green Bay boosts sustainability with new electric vehicle charging stations
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An electric vehicle charging port has been installed on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus, and another one is on the way. The first ChargePoint EV station is al...
Jan 17, 2025 Electric vehicle charging station at Titletown Tech in Ashwaubenon.
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Community rallies to bring 12-year-old De Pere girl home after cancer treatment in Florida
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Thanks to the community, a 12-year-old De Pere girl battling a rare form of cancer will be able to come home to Wisconsin after receiving treatment in Florida. Hadley Baker is a seventh...
Jan 17, 2025 Hadley Baker of De Pere is battling a rare form of cancer. Her friends, family and the community are rallying behind her to raise awareness of rhabdomyosarcoma. (Photo: Kari Van Lanen)
Fond du Lac man arrested after air rifle shooting injures another at apartment complex
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Fond du Lac man is facing charges after he allegedly shot and injured another man with an air-powered rifle. Just before 7:30 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to an a...
Jan 17, 2025
Green Bay bridge lane closures may cause traffic delays for a month starting Jan. 27
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Drivers may experience backups on a downtown Green Bay bridge for about a month for maintenance activities. From Jan. 27 through Feb. 21, the Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge ...
Jan 17, 2025 The Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge in Green Bay February 21, 2023.
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Judge orders new psychiatric evaluation for Taycheedah inmate accused of cellmate's murder
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Three months after a psychiatrist was ordered to perform an evaluation of Taylor Sanchez - a Taycheedah Correctional Institution inmate charged with killing her cellmate ...
Jan 17, 2025 Taylor Sanchez appears before Fond du Lac County court via Zoom, January 29, 2024.
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Appleton senior center's new facility to be renamed 'Mary Beth Nienhaus Activity Center'
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A senior center in Appleton just revealed its new name and logo, paired with a "wall-breaking" ceremony to begin construction. It's part of an effort to better serve senior...
Jan 17, 2025 The event was a twist for the usual “groundbreaking”, and instead, they let everyone take a swing in their “wallbreaking”. January 16, 2025.
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Newly elected Brown County Democrats share their priorities in the state legislature
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Rounds of applause filled the Brown County Courthouse rotunda as three state lawmakers from Brown County were sworn in during a local inauguration ceremony. Those three la...
Jan 17, 2025 Brown County Courthouse (Image: Courtesy of Brown County Clerk of Courts)
